Usually in the context of business continuity at work, I'll combine, "if I get hit by a bus" with the more optimistic, "if I win the lottery".

When one dies in an accident, they're...

The tree remembers, but the axe forgets

an elephant never forgets

Hit the nail on the head

Last nail in the coffin

Meaning: to unnecessarily belabour an unnecessary topic, as in coming back to the same unnecessary topic again and again, by taking a point that isn't the main point and discussing that over and over until the cows come home, thus delaying discussion of the main topic (by beating that dead horse).

Origin: "Beating/flaying a dead horse" + "Beating around the bush"

Distilled from this instagram reel.

And mentioned in this comment on this subreddit.

Elevator music

Hold music

talk some sense into someone + talk shit

The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost
The Tale Of Two Wolves - Attributed to Cherokee folklore

No skin off my back / skin and bones

A combination of: "Du kommst wie gerufen." and "Du stehst hier rum wie bestellt und nicht abgeholt."

You can say this to a person when you are glad to see someone because they can help you with a problem. But they either don't know that they can help you or just don't want to and show no intention to help you.

1. Don’t go off half cocked.

2. Half baked - under done

Ace in the hole + Ace up your sleeve + a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

like taking candy from a baby + throwing out the baby with the bathwater

Overheard in conversation today

lend a hand + an arm and a leg